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“We actually start working on the festival a good six months in advance, and things are still too unpredictable to go forward this year,” said Terry Ball, executive director of Center Stage Theater. “The festival is very expensive to put on, and with no assurance that we will be able to have a large event or what the parameters would be, we just can’t risk it.”
» The Santa Maria Fairpark is hosting the Strawberry Cruzin’ drive-through experience of the annual Strawberry Festival this year. The event will take place from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. April 28 and 29, as well as from noon to 8 p.m. April 30 and May 1. Click here for more information.
Advance to COVID-19 Orange Tier Will Bring Looser Restrictions, More Indoor Activities
The latest guidelines will increase capacity limits at Santa Barbara County restaurants, retail stores and gyms, among other businesses
COVID-19-related signs are posted on the front window of Tillys on the 900 block of State Street in downtown Santa Barbara. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo) By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @BT Holland
April 20, 2021
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Santa Barbara County took a step forward in California s reopening process when the state released its updated color-coded tier assignments on Tuesday.
New tier rules, with fewer COVID-19 health restrictions, will kick in as soon as Wednesday morning now that the county is moving into the orange tier of the state COVID-19 reopening framework, the Blueprint for a Safer Economy.
After a Year of COVID-19 Chaos, Dos Pueblos High’s Return to School Like Starting Over
Sense of normalcy re-emerges as more students resume in-person instruction, but seniors may be the most excited class of all
From left, Dos Pueblos High School seniors Natalie Grover, Sasha Runyen and Noel Tsoukalas create their tiles for a new campus mural during lunchtime Friday. The project commemorates the school experiences that DPHS students missed out on during more than a year of COVID-19 disruption. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
Dos Pueblos High students relax outdoors during lunch Friday. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
Socially distanced students hang out inside the Dos Pueblos High library during lunch Friday. (Brooke Holland / Noozhawk photo)
Montecito Union School Makes the Grade in Keeping Students Safe During In-Person Learning noozhawk.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from noozhawk.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Brooke Holland, Noozhawk Staff Writer | @NoozhawkNews
April 15, 2021
Brooke Holland
[Editor’s note: Noozhawk recently launched a weekly COVID-19 email newsletter that is delivered to subscribers on Wednesdays. You can sign up here. We are republishing the newsletters on the website so more readers have access to them.]
I’m Brooke Holland, a Noozhawk staff writer.
This is Noozhawk’s second email newsletter dedicated to Santa Barbara County’s latest COVID-19 updates. Much has happened over the past week, and here’s our roundup of everything coronavirus-related in the county.
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